PDF⋙ Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right (Politics and Culture in Modern America) by Seth Dowland
Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right (Politics and Culture in Modern America) by Seth Dowland Family Values and the Rise of the Christian Right (Politics and Culture in Modern America) by Seth Dowland PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad During the last three decades of the twentieth century, evangelical leaders and conservative politicians developed a political agenda that thrust "family values" onto the nation's consciousness. Ministers, legislators, and laypeople came together to fight abortion, gay rights, and major feminist objectives. They supported private Christian schools, home schooling, and a strong military. Family values leaders like Jerry Falwell, Phyllis Schlafly, Anita Bryant, and James Dobson became increasingly supportive of the Republican Party, which accommodated the language of family values in its platforms and campaigns. The family values agenda created a bond between evangelicalism and political conservatism. Family Values and the Rise of the Chri...